Gavin Williams

Gavin advises lenders, investors, developers and corporates on banking and corporate finance transactions with particular experience in the energy and infrastructure sector. He is a Senior Associate in Birketts’ banking and finance team.

With almost ten years’ post‑qualification experience, Gavin acts on a broad range of matters including corporate lending, acquisition and investment finance and project and infrastructure finance, alongside project‑level and portfolio‑level debt structures. He regularly advises on transactions involving equity investment and joint venture arrangements together with the associated financing.

In the energy sector, Gavin advises across both the banking and corporate aspects of renewable, clean energy and flexible generation projects. His experience includes transactions involving solar, onshore wind, hydro, energy‑from‑waste, battery storage and gas peaking assets, acting for both sponsors and financiers with a focus on practical, financeable outcomes.

Prior to joining Birketts, Gavin worked in‑house in the corporate transactions team at RWE, one of the world’s largest offshore wind developers. In that role, he advised on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, project financings and governance across major offshore wind projects. This experience gives him a strong understanding of the commercial and practical considerations faced by developers, which he now brings to his work advising on energy and infrastructure transactions.

Experience & education

2022 – 2025 RWE Offshore Wind, Senior Legal Counsel (Mergers and Acquisitions, Joint Venture and Project Finance)

2018 – 2022 Osborne Clarke LLP, Senior Associate (Projects – Project Finance)

2014 – 2017 Burges Salmon LLP, Solicitor (Banking & Finance)

2013 – 2014 University of Law (Bristol), LLM in International Legal Practice (LPC)

2011 – 2012 College of Law (Bristol), Graduate Diploma in Law

2008 – 2011 Cardiff University, BSc(Econ) Economics